Families of 9/11 victims accuse Obama of ‘siding with Saudi Arabia’ by refusing to declassify 28 pages of report that ‘shows Saudi Arabia backed atrocity’ as Gulf nation threatens to pull $750 billion in US assets — Peace and Freedom

A strategic partnership may give rise to secrets that, in the national interest, have to be kept secret. However, keeping information classified, if it is for the purposes of avoiding offence with a strategic partnership is not a security interest. It’s an arranged marriage of undefined content and one that we are all asked to simply accept. It’s rare, these days, for an arrangement like that to be acceptable to informed and educated people.

Being polite with your strategic partners is not national security. It’s decorum. If that is the truth to the present situation, then there is no legal standard being applied here. Instead, it’s simply the preservation of a geo-political status quo that does not render the alliance credible nor foster public support.

We are asked to accept at face value that which calls for questioning. That’s a big ask and one that can only be asked by a President with credibility to do so. Is that the current situation?

By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER PUBLISHED: 08:36 EST, 17 April 2016 | UPDATED: 09:07 EST, 17 April 2016 The families of 9/11 victims in the US are reportedly infuriated at the administration of President Barack Obama for ‘siding with Saudi Arabia’ over a congressional bill that could incriminate Saudi officials for the deadly attacks on September 11, […]